Identification and comprehensive characterization of moral disapproval and behavioral dysregulation-based pornography-use profiles across 42 countries.

Journal: Journal of behavioral addictions

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Affiliated Institutions:  Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada. Substantive Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Doctoral School of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Sex Research, Center for Translational Neuro-and Behavioral Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA. Departmento de Psicología Básica, Clínica y Psicobiología, University Jaume I of Castellón, Spain. Institute for Behavioural Addictions, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Austria. Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Institute for Sex Research, SexualMedicine, and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, Lithuania. Virtual Teaching and Cyberpsychology Laboratory, School of Psychology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico. William James Center for Research, Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatments, University of Valencia, Spain. Department of Psychology, College of Humanity and Social Science, Fuzhou University, China. Section of Sexual Psychopathology, Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar. Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom. HELP University, Malaysia. Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Sex Research, Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Addictology, Prague, Czech Republic. School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Republic of North Macedonia. Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. University of Baghdad, College of Medicine, Iraq. Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-, Bangladesh. Universidad Pedagógca y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia. Department of Psychology, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Department of Educational Psychology and Psychology of Health, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia. School of Psychology, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Health Promotion Research Centre, University of Galway, Ireland. Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, South Korea. Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland. Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Faculty of Psychology, University of Cuenca, Ecuador. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú. College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Australia. Artois University, France. Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea. Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Talca, Chile. Departamento de Psicología y Filosofía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Arica y Parinacota, Chile. Florida State University, Republic of Panama. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Perú. Leuven School For Mass Communication, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London. London, ON, Canada. Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada. Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-, India. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Department of Psychology, Shardha University, India. Compassionate Inquiry, New Zealand. Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, Lithuania. SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Dept of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town. Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada. Public Health Institute, Faculty of Health, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom. Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, And Addictions University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.

Abstract summary 

The Moral Incongruence Model of Pornography Use proposes that pornography-use-related problems may be present due to problematic pornography use (PPU) and/or moral disapproval (MD) of pornography use. Despite some supporting empirical evidence, no study has tested the presence of different pornography-use profiles based on individuals' behavioral dysregulation (i.e., PPU) and moral values concerning pornography use. The generalizability of previous findings to diverse populations has also been limited given the scarcity of studies conducted outside of Western countries.Using data from the International Sex Survey (42 countries, N = 66,994; Mage = 32.16 years, SD = 12.27), we conducted latent profile analysis to identify pornography-use profiles based on individuals' frequency of use, MD, and PPU. The profiles were compared along a wide range of pornography-use-related, sexuality-related, and psychological correlates.Six pornography-use profiles were identified, including two increased risk groups (i.e., Increased risk of PPU without MD and Increased risk of PPU with some MD). Several factors differentiated between the increased risk vs. no/low risk profiles (e.g., relatedness satisfaction) as well as between the two increased risk profiles (e.g., religiosity). Apart from behavioral dysregulation, moral values concerning pornography use played an important role in distinguishing pornography-use profiles and demonstrated the importance of inquiring about MD when working with individuals with pornography-use-related problems.Findings also support recent calls for better-integrated sex therapy and sexual medicine perspectives into pornography-use-related problems research and care.

Authors & Co-authors:  Bőthe Beáta B Tóth-Király István I Popova Nevena N Nagy Léna L Koós Mónika M Demetrovics Zsolt Z Potenza Marc N MN Kraus Shane W SW Ballester-Arnal Rafael R Batthyány Dominik D Bergeron Sophie S Billieux Joël J Briken Peer P Burkauskas Julius J Cárdenas-López Georgina G Carvalho Joana J Castro-Calvo Jesús J Chen Lijun L Ciocca Giacomo G Corazza Ornella O Csako Rita I RI Czakó Andrea A Fernandez David P DP Fernandez Elaine F EF Fujiwara Hironobu H Fuss Johannes J Gabrhelík Roman R Gewirtz-Meydan Ateret A Gjoneska Biljana B Gola Mateusz M Hashim Hashim T HT Islam Md Saiful MS Ismail Mustafa M Jiménez-Martínez Martha C MC Jurin Tanja T Kalina Ondrej O Klein Verena V Költő András A Lee Chih-Ting CT Lee Sang-Kyu SK Lewczuk Karol K Lin Chung-Ying CY Lochner Christine C López-Alvarado Silvia S Lukavská Kateřina K Mayta-Tristán Percy P Miller Dan J DJ Orosová Oľga O Orosz Gábor G Ponce Fernando P FP Quintana Gonzalo R GR Quintero Garzola Gabriel C GC Ramos-Diaz Jano J Rigaud Kévin K Rousseau Ann A Scanavino Marco de Tubino MT Schulmeyer Marion K MK Sharan Pratap P Shibata Mami M Shoib Sheikh S Sigre-Leirós Vera V Sniewski Luke L Spasovski Ognen O Steibliene Vesta V Stein Dan J DJ Štulhofer Aleksandar A Ünsal Berk C BC Vaillancourt-Morel Marie-Pier MP Van Hout Marie Claire MC Grubbs Joshua B JB

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Authors :  71
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Doi : 10.1556/2006.2024.00054
SSN : 2063-5303
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Male,Female
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Other Terms
addictive behavior;compulsive behavior;dysregulation;morality;pornography
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Hungary